Your right to privacy is very important. We recognize that when you choose to provide us with information about yourself, you trust us to act in a responsible manner. We believe this information should only be used to help us provide you better service. That's why we have put a policy in place to protect your personal information. Below is a summary of our policy.

Information Collection and Use

SF Golfer is the sole owner of the information collected on the SF Golfer site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. SF Golfer collects information from our users at several different points on our Web site. Note our site has 'co-branded' portions which are hosted and maintained by another company: GolfServ.com. Activities within these portions of the site are governed by the GolfServ privacy statement.

Registration

In order to use this Web site fully, the user must first complete the registration form. During registration, a user is required to give their contact information (such as name and email address). This information is used to contact the user about the services on our site for which they have expressed interest. It is optional for the user to provide some of the requested information, such as demographic information, and unique identifiers, but encouraged so we can provide a more personalized experience on our site.

Order Forms

We may request information from the user on various order forms used to sell optional goods and services. Here a user must provide contact information (such as name and shipping address) and financial information (such as a credit card number, expiration date).

Cookies

A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. SF Golfer employs cookies to recognize users and their access privileges on our Web site. We also use cookies to track the usage of our Web site in order to enhance the experience for our users. Users who do not accept cookies from the domain "sfgolfer.com" may not be able to access user-specific resources.

Log Files

We may use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Sharing Information

We may share aggregated demographic information with our partners. This is for the purposes of market research, and not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.

Links

This Web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that SF Golfer is not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.

Security

This Web site takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive information via the Web site, your information is protected both online and off-line.

If we use an order form that asks users to enter sensitive information (such as a credit card number and/or a social security number), that information will be encrypted and protected with the best encryption software in the industry - SSL. While on a secure page, such as an order form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when simply surfing.

While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in our power to protect user information off-line. Only administrators who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access to personally identifiable information. Our information databases are kept in a secure location with limited access to internal staff.

If you have any questions about the security at our Web site, you can send an email to webmaster@sfgolfer.com.

Special Offers

Registered users (and non-registered users who have subscribed to our mailing list) will occasionally receive a newsletter which contains SF golfer news, Information on Bay Area golf events, and information on products, services, special deals valuable to our users. Out of respect for the privacy of our users we present the option to not receive these types of communications.

Site and Service Updates

We also send the user site and service announcement updates. Registered Users are not able to un-subscribe from service announcements, which contain important information about the service.

Correcting/Updating Personal Information:

If a user's personally identifiable information (such as a zip code) changes, or if a user no longer desires our service, we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove that user's personal data provided to us. This can usually be done on account management pages within the site, or by emailing us at support@sfgolfer.com. Note: if the information was collected by GolfServ-hosted portions of the site. Information changes will have to be completed within GolfServ areas.

Canceling Subscriptions

Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional materials from our partners may opt-out of receiving these communications by clicking the unsubscribe link in their email, unsubscribing on the site itself, or by emailing us at support@sfgolfer.com.

Notification of Changes

If we decide to change our Privacy Statement, we will post those changes on our home page so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under which circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we would notify users by way of an email. Users will still have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the Privacy Statement under which the information was collected.

SF Golfer welcomes comments and questions on this policy. We are dedicated to protecting your personal information, and will make every reasonable effort to keep that information secure. Due to the rapidly evolving technologies on the Internet, we may occasionally update this statement. All revisions will be posted to this site.

Questions regarding this statement should be directed to support@sfgolfer.com.